Mechanitis lysimnia ab. sulphurescens Haensch, 1905
Heliconia lysimnia elisa Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
Mechanitis elisa connectens Talbot, 1928
Mechanitis macrinus Hewitson, 1860
Mechanitis numerianus C. & R. Felder, 1865
Mechanitis macrinus blissi Fox, 1942
Mechanitis menecles Hewitson, 1860
Mechanitis elisa acreana d'Almeida, 1950
Mechanitis utemaia Reakirt, 1866
Mechanitis doryssus f. utemaia ab. extrema Hoffmann, 1940
Mechanitis labotas Distant, 1876
Mechanitis ocona Druce, 1876
Mechanitis vilcanota Röber, 1904
Mechanitis mantineus f. forbesi Bryk, 1937
Mechanitis lysimnia, the confused tigerwing, sweet-oil tiger[2] or lysimnia tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Uruguay. The habitat consists of disturbed forests at altitudes up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).
Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar from Eupatorium flowers.
The larvae are gregarious and feed on Solanum species and possibly other members of the family Solanaceae. They are pale green streaked with yellow.[2]
^Mechanitis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ abSweet-oil Tiger, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
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Mechanitislysimnia, the confused tigerwing, sweet-oil tiger or lysimnia tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described...
of the genus Mechanitis were named for the machine-like metallic appearance of the chrysalis in certain species such as the Mechanitis polymnia. The...
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